@TechReport{dp-516,
author = {Sandner, Malte},
astring = {Sandner, Malte},
title = {Effects of Early Childhood Intervention on Maternal
Employment, Fertility and Well-Being. Evidence from a
Randomized Controlled Trial},
year = {2013},
number = {516},
month = {August},
abstract = {This paper presents results from a randomized evaluation
of a home visiting program for disadvantaged first-time
mothers and their families implemented in three German
federal states. I analysis the impact of the intervention
on maternal employment, school attendance, child care use,
fertility, life-satisfaction and well-being. Biannual
telephone interviews with the participating mothers until
the third birthday of the child give a rich data source to
evaluate these outcomes. I find that the intervention
increases fertility and maternal life-satisfaction and
well-being, whereas the treatment does not affect maternal
employment, school attendance and child care use. These
results are in contrast to previous studies from the US
where home visiting programs decreased fertility.},
jelclass = {J13, J12, I21, H52},
keywords = {Early Childhood Intervention, Randomized Experiment,
Fertility},
language = {en},
pages = {45},
size = {494}
}